lord shiva is also known as Mahadev, Shankar, bholenath. This is an aarti in Marathi language. In which praise lord shiva or Shankar or mahadev. Shankar is the destroyer out of the hindu divine trinity of Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh or the creator. the protestor, or the destroyer.
lavthavti vikrala is one of the most popular Marathi arti of lord Shankar. This aarti is recited on most occasions related to lord Shankar especially on Mahashivratri or shravan somvar aarti.
This aarti is a description of the various qualities of lord Shankar in brief. His appearance, the blue throat,as result of drinking the poison emerging during Sagar – manthan. The poison emerging out of the churning of the ocean of milk, threatened to destroy the universe.
Shankar swallowed the poison; hence he also called as Neelkanth which mean blue throat
शंकर आरती
लवथवती विक्राळा ब्रम्हांडी माळा ।
विषे कंठी काळा त्रीनेत्री ज्वाळा ।।
लावन्य सुंदर मस्तकी बाळा ।
तेथुनिया जळ निर्मळ वाहे झुळझुळा ।।१।।
जय देवा जय देवा जय श्रीशंकरा ।
आरती ओवाळु तुज कर्पुरगौरा।।धृ.।।
कर्पुरगौरा भोळा नयनीं विशाळा ।
आर्धांगीं पार्वती सुमनांच्या माळा ।।
विभुतीचें उधळण शिवकंठ निळा ।
ऐसा शंकर शोभे उमा वेल्हाळा ।।२।।
जय देवा जय देवा जय श्रीशंकरा ।
आरती ओवाळु तुज कर्पुरगौरा।।धृ.।।
दैवीं दैत्यीं सागर मंथन पै केलें ।
त्यामाजी अवचीत हलाहल उठलें ।।
तें त्यां असुरपणें प्राशन केलें ।
निळकंठ नाम प्रसिद्ध झालें ।।३।।
जय देवा जय देवा जय श्रीशंकरा ।
आरती ओवाळु तुज कर्पुरगौरा।।धृ.।।
व्याघ्रांबर – फणिवरधर सुंदर मदनारी ।
पंचानन मनमोहन मुनिजन सुखकारी ।।
शतकोटीचें बीज वाचे उच्चारी ।
रघुकुळटिळक रामदासा अंतरी ।।
जय देवा जय देवा जय श्रीशंकरा ।
आरती ओवाळु तुज कर्पुरगौरा।।धृ.।।
shri shankar aarti
Lavthavati vikral brahmandi mala |
vishe kantha kala trinetri jwala ||
Lavanya sundar mastaki baala |
Tethuniya nirmal jal vahe zulzula ||1||
Jay dev jay dev jay shri shankara |
Arati ovalu tuj karpurgaura ||Dhru.||
Karpurgaura bhola nayani vishala |
Ardhangi parvati sumananchya mala ||
Vibhutiche udhalan shivakantha neela |
Esa shankar shobhe uma velhala ||2||
Jay dev jay dev jay shri shankara |
Arati ovalu tuj karpurgaura ||Dhru.||
Devidyatya sagar manthan pai kele |
Tya maji avachit halahal uthile ||
Te tya asurpane prashan kele |
Neelkanth nam prasidha zale ||3||
Jay dev jay dev jay shri shankara |
Arati ovalu tuj karpurgaura ||Dhru.||
Vyagrambar-fanivardhar sundar madanari |
Panchanan manmohan munijan sukhalari ||
Shatakotiche beej vache ucchari |
Ragukultilak ramdasa antari ||4||
Jay dev jay dev jay shri shankara |
Arati ovalu tuj karpurgaura ||Dhru.||
